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Basic Statistics on Texas Agriculture
Census Reports of 1950, 1945, 1940, 1935 and 1930
Below is a statistical review of Texas agricultural industries and production for census enumera-
tions since 1940. The Federal Census of Agriculture is taken every five years. Census figures are for
the early part of the census year in all data except crop productions, which is for the preceding year.
Farms. Farm Acreaqe. Value--1950 Census. 1945 Census. 1940 Census. 1935 Census. 1930 Census.
Number of farms...... ........ 331,567 384,977 418,002 501,017 495,489
Farms operated by:
All owners ................ 228,372 237,607 210,182 211,440 190,515
Full owners ............... 165,139 197,994 166,659 172,709 152,852
Part owners ............... 63,233 39,613 43.523 38,731 37,663
Managers .................. 2,368 2.578 3,358 3,474 3,314
All tenants ................ 100,827 144,792 204,462 286,103 301,660
Croppers .................. 14,863 24,507 39,821 76,468 105,122
Farm population.............. 1,292,267 1,487,829 2,149,187 2,332,693 2,342,553
Value of farms (land, bldgs.)..$6,720,531,523 $3,574,997,897 $2,589,978,936 $2,573,704,972 $3,597,406,986
Average value per farm..... $20,269 $9,286 $6,196 $5,137 $7,260
Average value per acre...... $46 21 $25.29 $18.81 $18.70 $28.85
All lands in farms (acres). 145,389,014 141,337,744 137,683,372 137,597,389 124,707,130
Average acreage per farm... 438.5 367.1 329.4 274.6 251.7
Farm Land According to Use (Acres):
Cropland harvested ............ 28,107,865 27,469,089 26,044,008 25,429,158 30,634,370
Crop failure .... .............. (11) 793,935 2,087,470 6,488,414 1,803,574
Cropland idle or fallow........ 3,219,799 2,772,139 4,887,405 3,591,239 2,328,222
"Plowable pasture ............ 6,642,546 4,618,707 13,242,974 7,786,697 11,156,355
Woodland pasture............. 30,589,750 16,051,293' 14,073,9221 23,648,606 14,449,011
"Other pasture ... ........ 72,317,444 87,854,480 (i) 67,060,969 61,337,071
Woodland not pastured ....... 2,277,954 817,563 (1) 1.487,121 1,240,472
All other land in farms ...... 2,233,656 1,754,473 77,347,5931 2,105,185 1,758,055
'Land available for crops .... 37,970,210 34,859,935 46,261,857 43,295,508 45,922,521
Irrigated land ...... . ....... 3,131,534 1,320,216 894,638 (1) (11)
Number of Livestock on Farms:
'Horses and colts ... ......... 387,393 514,837 638,406 686,442 748,703
-Mules and mule colts ......... 128,558 314,273 537,801 889,329 1,036,177
2Cattle ................ 7,825,007 8,864,425 6,281,537 7,222,369 5,583,471
Cows and heifers, 2 yrs., over.. 4,021,920 5,172,009 3,332,583 3,834,464 2,868,546
Cows and heifers, milked ..... 955,967 991,832 1,146,766 1,220,021 1,010,995
'Sheep and lambs ............ 7,750,395 8,585,581 8,447,809 7,026,543 5,319,248
5Hogs and pigs ............... 1,291,773 1,580,602 1,513,912 1,384,134 1,048,074
'Chickens .... ............... 16,814,395 28,661,910 21,799,610 20,541,529 21,525,816
Selected Crops, Harvested-
Corn, for all purposes. ... Acres 2,301,516 3,724,635 4,700,475 4,637,435 4,250,747
Corn for grainm .......... Acres 2,237,403 3,637,150 4,322,364 4,479,780 4,076,206
Corn for grain. .........Bushels 44,077,397 51,745,061 69,649,829 38,017,875 66,251,026
Wheat, threshed........ Acres 5,625,259 4,408,046 2,744,064 3,091,870 2,969,511
Wheat, threshed ....... Bushels 75,277,232 81,415,283 28,096,367 26,298,423 44,077,464
Oats, threshed............Acres 1,047,128 1,319,049 1,270,741 1,373,035 1,148,110
Oats, threshed . ...... Bushels 25,647,630 31,855,101 32,306,788 32,012,907 27,260,261
Oats cut, fed, unthreshed Acres 81,964 226,816 172,661 240,816 183,030
Barley, threshed ......... Acres 116,164 322,852 202,021 123,883 193,862
Barley, threshed.........Bushels 2,163,556 7,160,070 2,856,438 1,755,351 3,743,677
'Rice (rough), threshed. . Acres 541,796 344,636 186,236 110,500 105,616
'Rice (rough), threshed . Bu. 23,254,945 14,905,957 10,352,456 5,479,520 5,158,544
Grain sorghum (for gr'n) Acres 3,387,249 4,881,075 2,202,107 1,406,363 1,700,713
Gramin sorghum (for grain) Bu. 80,975,739 94,463,455 25,232,118 9,642,432 23,768,386
Cotton ............... Acres 10,574,202 6,589,815 8,105,711 10,015,375 16,813,568
'Cotton ... ............Bales 5,549,667 2,536,401 2,724,442 2,306,424 3,793,392
'Irish potatoes............Acres 25,538 . 42,783 44,282 50,540 39,786
'Irish potatoes.........Bushels 2,597,633 3,276,349 2,703,261 3,011,730 2,773,216
' Sweet potatoes........... Acres 41,408 71,296 59,793 64,584 44,652
3Sweet potatoes ......... Bushels 3,363,309 5,724,715 3,127,579 3,182,721 3,392,764
'Hay and forage.......... Acres 1,235,165 805,766 1,116,622 3,590,061 2,589,538
'Hay and forage........... Tons 1,548,873 1,013,186 1,152,387 2,346,107 3.073,338
'The 1940 figures are not exactly comparable with those of other census reports. The census of 1940
in its preliminary report gives the figure of 14,073,922 as "woodland" including pasture and other
woodland. Under the item of "All other land in farms" the census report of 1940 includes the large
item of "other pasture" given separately in preceding census reports, in addition to what other census
reports had given as "All other." Readjusted figures in report of census of 1940, comparable with
figure of that year are as follows: 1935, 25,135,727; 1930, 15,689,483 for woodland pasture; 1935,
69,166,154: 1930, 63,095,126 for "All other."
'As of Jan. 1, 1950 and 1945, animals of all ages; in preceding censuses, as of April 1, animals
over 3 mos. old. 3Figure for 1950 does not include acres for farms with less than 15 bu. harvested.
4As of Jan. 1, 1950 and 1945, animals of all ages; in preceding censuses, as of April 1, animals
over 6 mos. old.
'As of Jan. 1, 1950 and 1945, hogs and pigs of all ages and chickens over 4 mos. old; in preceding
censuses, as of April 1, animals over 4 mos old.
'Census of 1950 gave production as 6,644,270 bbls. of 162 pounds each and the 1945 census gave
production as 4,258,845 bbls., but the figures are converted into bushels to make them comparable
with preceding years. 'Running bales of lint cotton, counting round as half bales.
sIncludes harvested, failure, idle aid fallow land and plowable pasture. The "plowable pasture"
figure of 1945 differs slightly from that of 1940 in that it includes land used only for pasture which
has been plowed within 7 years; the 1940 figure includes land pastured which could have been plowed
and used for crops without additional clearing, drainage or irrigation. This land may not have been
plowed within 7 years prior to 1940.
9Figures for 1950, 1945 and 1940 are not comparable with preceding years because sorghums,
Shich constitute the greater part of the Texas forage crop, were not included in 1950, 1945 and 1940
reports but were included in preceding reports The 1945 figure is exclusive of 217,270 tons of peanut
vines saved for hay. OData for 1950 not strictly comparable with those for preceding years.
t Data not available.
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